1868- Christopher Latham Scholes
patents the typewriter. In 1873, he sold his patent to the Remington Company
who had made rifles.In 1874 Mark Twain
secretly admitted to a friend that he enjoyed writing on the newfangled
technology.

1944- Franklin Roosevelt's last
fireside chat on the radio.

1963- In Disneyland the Enchanted
Tiki Room opened with the first animatronics (the birds).

1976- Work completed on Toronto’s
CN Tower. Called the world’s tallest free-standing structure.

1979- The Knack released the
single My Sharona.

1989- Tim Burton’s film " Batman" opened.

1989- Disney’s Honey I Shrank
the Kids opened with the Roger Rabbit short Tummy Trouble.